Wearing-apparel.



W. HURWITCH.

WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION man APR.1I.1911.

Patented Nov. 6, lJlT,

PI E115.

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williams-arenaria Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteanov; 6,191 v.

' Application tiled. April 17', 1917. Serial No, 162,751.`

tates of custom and modesty is well recog` nizcd and leven conspicuous by reason of the many eilorts to solve the problem.

The diihculty in general which seems to have been encountered hasv been in" providing a plan for combining the several fundamental elements in such a way as to provide complete freedom without parting from the conventional conception of feminine attire, and at the same time to provide that convenience which is a practical necessity in human apparel and without which the garment may not be worn under ordinary conditions of service.

The general problem of a. garment of this type lies in the incasement of the limbs and lower torso in such a way as to provide the necessary practical protection of clothing and also the more esthetic element of conventional drapery while still affording that convenience necessary to all wearing apparel of this type.

I accomplish this end by means of certain provisions in themselves not radical in plan, but on the contrary such as have been found to be practical and acceptable under present standards of civilization. I combine these, however, in such a way as to produce a wholly novel article in regard to its practical utility.

The essential feature consists in combining lateral nether draperies with limb members which merge in a. lower torso incasement open at the waist line in front but closed at the waist line in the rear, and provided below the waist line with suitable opening` which in turn is covered in the normal drape of the overlapped laterals which are united at a common waist line with the rear incasing members.

As illustrative of my invention I have shown a costume patterned in one piece type and capable of a general utility.j Throughout the drawings illustrating this embodiment and throughout the specification descriptive thereof like reference' numerals are employed to indicate corres'pondingparts in the drawings. f f

Figures 1 and 2 are-front and side views illustrative of the use of my costume, and

Figs. 8 and 4 are front and rear views of that portion of the costume which incases the limbs and lower torso.- f f 1 U f In carrying out myy invention, I= provide lateral drapery sections 1 l-merging in a common seat l1, and an inner'lower torso and limb incase'ment sections 2 2.v kIf'desired the Ysections 1 1 Vand 2 2 may be made of aY single piece of suitable material. 1 The lateral drapery sections`1 1 are separate and preferably overlap at both front and rear, but suitable fastenings' 3 areA provided to engage the drapery edges at front and rear, and each lateral drapery member is provided with coperative fastenings 4 at each edge engageable with either the adjacent edge of the opposite member or with its own opposite edge, according to the use of the garment.

The lower torso and limb incasement sections 2 2 are fashioned within the drapery section and is open in front at the waist line to receive the limbs and lower torso. In the rear, the sections 2 2 have an overlapped seat opening below the waist line covered by a Hap 5 adapted to be fastened by suitable coperative fastenings 6. The line of division of the lateral drapery sections 1 1 at the rear is such as to produce an overlap (see Fig. 3) normally covering this Hap.

The garment may be belted at the waist as shown, and may be combined with an upper torso covering in the form of a shirtwaist section 7 The section 7 maybe separate or may be fashioned from the same piece of material of which the sections 1 1 and 2 2 are fashioned. The shirt-waist section 7 is provided in front with suitable coperative fastenings 8 and may terminate in a head incasement 9 which as here shown is in the form of a hood fashioned from the material of the shirt-waist section and adapted to normally depend in rear and capable of being drawn over the head as shown in Fig. 2.

As suggested, the entire garment may be fashioned in one piece or the sections 1 1,

2-2 and 7 may be separate and suitably united. Preferably the sections l-l and 2,2 are made in one piece.

As will be evident, the garment may be easily donned and converted to suit the oceasion. Then worn as a conventional street or house dress, the members of the drapery section are fastened to completely inelose and drape the inner limb incasement section 2f?. Then worn as a sport costume where complete freedom of the lower limbs is desired, the members of the drapery section may be partially nnfastened and the lateral pendent limb draping portions folded about the limbs and opposite edges of each portion fastened by means of the fastenings l. ln any use the elements of protection, eustom and modesty and convenience are all retained.

Various modification in the form of my invention may obviously be resorted to if within the limits of the appended claims.

What. l therefore claim and desire to secure by Let-ters Pate-nt is:

l. An article of nether apparel comprising a skirt section divided at front and rear to provide a pairof lateral drapery members,the front division being complete and through the waist line, and the rear division being incomplete and overlapped, and a pair of leg Copies of this patent members merging in a lower trunk incasement united to said lateral drapery members at the waist line and having a front opening through the waist line and an overlapped seat opening below the waist line and covered by the overlap of the skirt section.

2. An article of netlier apparel comprising a skirt section divided at front and rear to provide a pair of lateral drapery members,

the front division being complete andA through the waist line and the rear division being incomplete and overlapped, and a pair of leg members merging in a lower trunk incasement united to said lateral drapery members at the waist line and having a front opening tliroi gli the waist line and an overlapped seat opening below the waist line and covered by the overlap of the skirt section, said lateral drapery members having cooperating fastenings on each edge operative for closing engagement with the adjacent edge of the opposite member or its own opposite edge.

ln testimony whereof I affix my in presence of two witnesses.

YVILLIAM HURlVlTC/H.

signature Vitnesses GEORGE B. RMvLiNGs, VICTORIA LowDEN,

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